Yeshiva Volozhin is often romanticized as the womb that bore and nurtured the greatest dynasties of Talmidei Chachamim such as Rabbanim Abraham Kook, Yosef Dov Halevi Soltoveitchik, and the Hafez ...

A historic yeshiva in Belarus that was returned recently to the Jewish community could be confiscated again if local Jews can’t raise $20,000 to renovate the building. MOSCOW (JTA) – A historic ...

In 1885, the year that Rav Kook studied in the famed yeshivah of Volozhin, he was unanimously chosen to lead the Purim revelry as Purim gabbai. The most important students in the yeshivah lit the ...

Actors in ethnic costumes pose for photos at a harvest festival in Volozhin, Belarus, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) Actors in ethnic costumes pose for photos at a harvest festival in Volozhin, ...

The Volozhin Yeshiva represented a new mission for Talmudic academies. The support of the yeshiva was not solely local—financial support arrived from distant communities—and the new academy enjoyed an ...

A jewel of Eastern European life has been returned to Jewish hands, but will the community be up to the task of holding on to it? This is the dilemma facing the Jewish community of Belarus, which has ...

MINSK, 21 October (BelTA) - Malian Shaq Keith, who has been engaged in the Belarusian agricultural sector for more than 20 years, received an award from Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko at ...

I have researched this latter material and the fruits of my labor will be published in Hebrew by Idra, in a book called Rav Hayyim Volozhin’s Conversations with Students of the Yeshiva. In honor of ...

In 1885, the year that the future Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook studied in the famed yeshiva of Volozhin, he was unanimously chosen to lead the Purim revelry as Purim gabbai. The most important students ...

A historic yeshiva in Belarus that was returned to the Jewish community could be confiscated again if local Jews can’t raise $20,000 to renovate the building. Authorities last week gave the community ...

MINSK, 26 July (BelTA) - Construction of a 150km-long cycling route is underway in Volozhin District, BelTA learnt from Alexander Belyi, host of the agrotourism farmstead Martsinava Gus. The cycling ...